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With billions of dollars coming, Baltimore and Maryland leaders prepare to ramp up acquisition of vacant houses
The major players in the $3 billion-dollar effort to acquire and repurpose thousands of vacant homes across the city met in a West Baltimore church Sunday afternoon. With the state pledging north of $75 million per year and the city pushing creative ways to buy up blight, the packed pews of Macedonia Baptist Church in the Upton neighborhood flickered with tension over the size of the task at ...
Maryland governor aims to cut number of vacant properties in Baltimore by 5,000
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to transform 5,000 vacant properties in Baltimore into homeownership or other positive outcomes in five years. The order creates a program called Reinvest Baltimore. It will coordinate state, city, nonprofit and for-profit partners’ efforts to eliminate concentrations of vacant properties and revitalize neighborhoods. “Baltimore’s vacant property crisis is an issue that cannot wait — because in order to have...
Southern Maryland producer takes Governor’s Cup with estate-grown white wine
It has been a year in Maryland wine contests where a couple of the smaller producers in the state picked up the biggest prize. Several months ago it was Port of Leonardtown and winemaker Lauren Zimmerman winning the Winemaster’s Choice Competition and Comptroller’s Cup, one of the two major competitions that the Maryland Wineries Association (MWA) holds annually.
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